The international business community is mourning the sudden passing of prominent Dubai-based entrepreneur Dr. CJ Roy, who died unexpectedly on January 30th during an ongoing income tax inspection at his corporate offices in Bangalore. His funeral arrangements have been scheduled for February 1st in the Indian city where he tragically passed.
Final ceremonies will commence with a condolence visitation from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Nature’s Luxuri Mega Resort and Convention Centre, where associates and family members may pay their final respects. Following the visitation, the procession will continue to St. Joseph’s Syro-Malabar Church for a funeral mass at 2:00 PM, after which Dr. Roy will be laid to rest.
In an official family statement, the deceased businessman was memorialized as both a “visionary individual whose life exemplified excellence, purpose, and compassion” and a “genuine philanthropist.” The circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation by Indian authorities, who are meticulously reviewing his final moments amid the tax raid proceedings.
According to witness accounts provided to Indian media outlets, Dr. Roy had requested privacy to speak with his mother shortly before his passing. TA Joseph, Managing Director of Confident Group, reported that when staff members received no response after repeated attempts to contact him, they forcibly entered his office and discovered him unresponsive in his chair with visible bloodstains. Despite immediate transportation to a medical facility, resuscitation efforts proved unsuccessful.
His wife and children, who were in Dubai at the time of the incident, urgently traveled to Bangalore and arrived on Saturday morning. The news has sent shockwaves through business circles in both India and the UAE, where Dr. Roy maintained significant commercial interests and personal relationships.
Indian media personality Mithun Ramesh, who considered Dr. Roy both mentor and family, expressed profound grief over the loss. “He influenced many major decisions in my life,” Ramesh told Khaleej Times. “I was among the very few people who could visit his home without prior appointment. His absence creates an irreplaceable void.” Ramesh immediately departed from Muscat upon learning the news to attend the funeral services, highlighting the deep personal connections Dr. Roy fostered across international boundaries.